For Ruth, yoga has been a journey toward healing, self-acceptance, surrender and empowerment. Ruth’s mission is to help guide her students toward finding strength in their bodies and peace within their hearts. Ruth got certified as an RYT-200hr teacher in 2013 has been teaching regularly ever since.  She received her training at Yoga South in Boca Raton, Florida under James Kigar and Judy Weaver. She also completed a 200-hour training in Sivananda yoga. Ruth completed her 500 hour teacher training at The Asheville Yoga Center in September 2019. Ruth has the unique ability to reach each student in her class, and her style, like her personality, is warm, nurturing, funny and compassionate. When you take her class you can see her enthusiasm for the practice, attention to sequencing to alignment and her joy in taking her students to their edge. Ruth is a full time yoga teacher dedicating her life to the 8 limbed path.  She believes the practice starts between classes – in our relationships and ways of being.  She has a strong commitment to always being a student first.  She also enjoys hiking, pilates and  barre classes. In the fall of 2020 Ruth joined the teacher training staff at the Asheville Yoga Center and leads the children’s yoga portion of the 200 hour training and leads 300 hour modules. Ruth loves sharing her life in Asheville  with her husband and chocolate lab Lulu.